薮

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quack

On-Yomi: ソウ

Koohii stories:

1) [mantixen] 26-7-2009(23): The idiot savant was thought to be a quack because he couldn't help but count the number of flowers he saw.

2) [herman] 4-12-2008(23): I don't even know where Heisig got this keyword from. Using "thicket" instead: Picture a thicket with a large number of flowers.

3) [Katsuo] 10-5-2010(19): Notes: Keyword "quack" was presumably chosen due to its use in the compound 薮医者 , but the general meaning of this kanji is bush/thicket. Also note that it mostly appears in its alternate form: 藪.

4) [astridtops] 13-1-2007(9): The quack travels around with a number of impressive looking flowers that are supposed to be good for something, but really don't work at all.

5) [kapalama] 12-11-2010(5): 薮医者 =藪医者 藪の中 =薮の中, 竹藪 =竹薮, 薮蛇 =藪蛇), 藪睨み quack (#2403 薮) やぶ … Parts:艹, 数 (數）(cf 藪Unicode-0x85ea (#34282 藪), ) … Note: Nelson: 4088, Spahn: 3k15.1. Usu written as 藪 with 婁 Unicode-0x5a41 (#23105 婁), not 娄Unicode-0x5a04 (#23044 娄) … Story: At the dawn of political correctness, a term was needed to replace the offensive term for a Quack:Bush Doctor. The result was Thicket Doctor, a man with any Number of medicines made from Daisies.

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